In a week where voters across the country made their way to polling stations on 'Super Thursday', an eighteen tonne Chinese rocket descended uncontrollably into the Earth's atmosphere and Warren Gatland named his 2021 British & Irish Lions squad, The Weekly has done its upmost to condense the news from the last seven days into five short quiz questions to brighten your Sunday morning. Good luck!
Questions:
1. The British & Irish Lions squad was announced on Thursday lunchtime. Lions’ traditions stipulate that the youngest player on the tour carries around the team mascot, a cuddly toy Lion, aptly named BIL. Maro Itoje was responsible for BIL on the 2017 tour to New Zealand, but who is the youngest player named in the squad travelling to South Africa this summer?
2. Landlord & Tenant representatives continue to disagree over the rent moratorium, introduced by the Government in March 2020 to prevent property evictions and support businesses during the pandemic. The moratorium is due to end on 30 June. However, whether normal service will resume for rent collection remains unclear. In response to the Government's call for evidence on the matter, British Land and Land Securities recently proposed a six-month period of ‘breathing space’ for landlords and tenants to navigate how and when rent arrears will be paid. According to UKHospitality what level of rent arrears is currently unpaid in the hospitality sector?
3. French fishing vessels blocked the port of St Helier in Jersey this week, in protest at a post-Brexit licensing system for the right to fish the waters around the island. The French maritime minister, Annick Girardin, appeared to throw her hypothetical toys out of the pram on Wednesday by threatening to do what?
4. A Belgian farmer made headlines this week after moving a stone which was blocking his tractor's path. Local Authorities have now realised what he has done have asked him to return the stone, which originated in 1819, back to where he found it. In moving the stone originally, what has the farmer inadvertently done?
5. There were twenty candidates on the ballot paper for those voting in the Mayor of London Elections on Thursday, including a variety of independent contenders. Which satirical political candidate ran on a platform of ‘fiscal responsibility, social awareness and not being an anti-vaccine nutjob’? As a clue, he also ran against Boris Johnson in the 2019 General Election.
Enjoy your Sunday.
The Weekly
Answers:
Louis Rees-Zammit, who turned 20 in February.
£2.5bn (plus over 330,000 jobs).
Cut off Jersey’s electricity supply, 90% of which is delivered by three underwater cables from France.
Moved the Belgian border 7.5 ft into French territory! As far as The Weekly is aware, the French Government have not threatened to cut the power to said farmer's cattle sheds... yet!
Count Binface... formerly known as Lord Buckethead.